Method of manufacture of precious metal laminate

A method of producing a precious metallic laminate, comprising:

• depositing a transparent transition layer on a first transparent substrate;
• depositing a metallic layer on the transparent transition layer by:
• applying a plurality of sublayers of at least one precious metal atop the transparent transition layer;
• prior to depositing a last sublayer, measuring a total thickness of previous sublayers to determine a thickness of the last sublayer needed to achieve a target mass of the at least one precious metal;
• and
• depositing the last sublayer, wherein:
• the at least one precious metal is selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium, osmium, iridium, ruthenium, rhenium, indium, germanium, beryllium, tellurium, and bismuth;
• at least two sublayers of the plurality of sublayers are adjacent to one another;
• at least some of the plurality of sublayers have different thicknesses;
• a collective mass of the at least one precious metal within the plurality of sublayers is within 10% of the target mass of the at least one precious metal;
• and
• the transparent transition layer contacts at least a portion of the first transparent substrate and at least a portion of the metallic layer;
• and
• applying a second transparent substrate over the metallic layer.